It has officially begun! First Laura and I met with the rest of the team a couple weeks ago so we could ask all our burning questions. We got tips on immunizations, malaria pills, mosquito deterent, how much money to bring, and laundry. Apparently everything in Africa is pretty cheap so we only need to bring a weeks worth of clothing and they will launder it for us. One of the folks that has gone before warned us - "Don't turn your tube socks in! They apparently beat the socks on rocks to dry them and mine came out MUCH MUCH longer than when they originally went in"....Hmmm - think I'll be bringing my own detergent to at least do some personal laundry!